erstarrt
\ɛɐ̯ˈʃtaʁt\
The verdict
“erstarrt” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif présent de erstarren.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | erstarrt |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛɐ̯ˈʃtaʁt\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “erstarrt” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for erstarrt is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛɐ̯ˈʃtaʁt\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
erstarrt doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is erstarrt, spelled E-R-S-T-A-R-R-T.
Definition
- 1Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif présent de erstarren.
- 2Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de erstarren.
- 3Participe passé de erstarren.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de erstarren.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “erstarrt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-R-S-T-A-R-R-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛɐ̯ˈʃtaʁt\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.